Yahoo News Best apps: the messaging effects to make your texts dazzle
Whatever the medium, add magic to your messages.
Whether you’re posting an Instagram story or simply telling your partner when you’ll be home for dinner, there are apps to make your text stand out, spin around, or zoom around. Here are our favourites.
Adobe Spark Post
Select a background image, double tap to add text, then choose an animation such as fade, slide or grow. Your photo will become a dynamic four-second video.
Free, iOS
Arrow
Open up your camera and make it rain emojis using this augmented reality app, which superimposes more than 20 effects onto what you see.
Free, iOS
Legend
Type out your text then add colour combinations, backdrops and an animation style, such as a firework-like burst.
Hype Type
Snap a picture then overlay text in different styles.
PocketVideo
Add animated text and filters in all the colours of the rainbow to short vlogs. Perfect for Instagram or Snapchat stories.
